okay..except for adder and char i got them all..i knew it had to be something like adder..but i had never heard of it so i was like..eh..oh well..good one though i enjoyed it you should make more like this..if you haven't alreay and i just haven't found them

Not bad. Got them all quickly, except for char. Like most everyone else here, that was one I had never heard of. Oh well, I like to learn at least one new thing every day, and you've made that possible for me before I even got off to work. Now, I might as well take the dy off.

First- How dop you vote? All i could find is a thing saying if i register I can vote. I AM registered!!!
OK fun puzzle though for some reason seemed very easy to me. never heard of char or newt but way puzzle constructed I figured to get 13 they must be animals.

It was easy and I got them all, but honestly I like the easy ones b/c it makes me feel really good first thing in the morning when I can get the answer right. I think you did a FANTASTIC JOB, and more important than being easy...
IT WAS FUN and yes it was worthy of being a teaser. In my opinion, anything that is submitted and approved by editors is always worthy of being a teaser. Way to go Allie!

didnt quite catch the char... was questioning it but though I was insane for saying that was an animal.. and I knew adder was an animal but wasnt quite sure what lol... Great teaser! I'd love to see more of these!

The Teaser was pretty good, and sort of easy. Sometimes its good to allow our brains to take a quick look at something and keep going before we turn into a Char . Something that exist, that is unknown, and probably not too cute.

No, I did not get all 13 Animals. Is an ELL an animal? OF Course an ell is an animal. No, is an ell a fish? or is a fish an ell? Your Teaser is good, in that it allows the brain to function in the unordinary. NOt just Work, Sleep and more Work. It takes us away from the Humdrum of Day to Day. There is Much FuNnnnnnnnnn In teasers.......

I love reading the comments. I do believe that 8 out of 10 teaser readers have Higher Education. Its the responses. It's like a test was given. People make little jokes, but the bottom line is, did you get the correct answer? Most comments reveal a higher order of learning. No, I don't know a Char, but I got nine correct. Kool out! The next class is tomorrow's Teasers.

Your use of the word "animals" was misleading since the names include rodents, birds, fish, snakes, etc. You could have phrased it better. And, REALLY, "char"? Way too obscure for a puzzle of this nature. How many people playing do you think would know the name of a trout with small scales and light colored spots? My father was a commercial fisherman, and I've never heard of a char. Not cool.

For those of you who don't know what a char is, it's a large Arctic fish that tastes exactly like salmon when it is cooked. It is commonly caught in Alaska and northern B.C.
and it is much cheaper to buy than salmon. A great alternative though!

Retiles, birds, snakes, fish...are all animals. Living things are broken up into Plants or animals and then there are subdivisions of those two groups. So the term ANIMALS were correct...none of the things were plants.

I only missed "char", although I vaguely remember now that I heard of it before. "Adder" is very poisonous snake and I think it's the kind Cleopatra killed herself with. It's in a few mystery novels also. Some of y'all make criticisms about things without bothering to research it first to see it you're really right or not. Tsk, tsk... There are not any mispellings, to the person who said there were, what was mispelled? I think it was good and there SHOULD be something that everyone delsn't get right away, like "char", that's why it's a teaser.

Couldnt get char, but got all the rest. Thanks for the word I learnt from this teaser.
Who is to decide on others being 'lesser animals'? We can have some fun with the names of these 'lesser animals', cant we, without harming them in any way, such as flogging them, racing them, etc.? (Call me a 'lesser animal', and I wont be upset!)
I liked this teaser. Thanks.

My eye kept stumbling over char, because it was the only remaining place for an animal to hide, but I just didn't recognize it. Oh well. At least there was something keeping this teaser from being overly easy! (I almost missed ant too, but took a second look when I realized I had only 11.)

To all those who are complaining about fish, birds, insects, etc. being animals: Learn what an animal is!
Mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, insects and arachnids.

And to the person who said there are only Plants and Animals, you are incorrect, as it is commonly accepted that there are between 3-6 kingdoms.
Plants, Animals, Fungi, Protists, Monera (Eubacteria and Archaebacteria)

I found them all fairly quickly - except for char. Never heard of the word as an animal. I had to do extensive research (Google) to find out what it was! I wonder if I ordered "char" in a restaurant, what I might be served?!

Everything found on the Earth can be categorized as being Animal; Vegetable; or Mineral. Since a Fish is not a vegetable or a mineral - then I would assume it is an animal!
search http://www.ehow.com for "animal vegetable mineral
I also learned about animal classifications many years ago in Biology class. I always loved Biology; A&P; Physiology - that's probably why I became a nurse.

One respondent claims that a "ree" is a kind of bird related to the sandpiper, but, after having consulted several references, I cannot confirm this. I found a rather exhaustive list of known birds, and "ree" is totally absent from it. As an aside, until I encountered this puzzle, I had never heard of a fish called a "char," but was in fact able to confirm that there is such a critter. Live and learn.